About Us

Royal Gold is the original coco soil company. As the first all coco based soils company in California, and debatably the United States, Royal Gold has been re-setting the standard for quality, consistency and performance for nearly a decade. Based in Humboldt County, on the gorgeous north coast of California, Royal Gold has had the advantage of extensive research, development, and field testing in a community that demands unparalleled results and service.

How Our Potting Soil is Exceptional

As a more sustainable alternative to many traditional and popular growing mediums, Coconut Fiber is becoming widely recognized as the future of indoor and hydroponic gardening mediums and an important part of large scale agricultural soil building and reconditioning programs. With all our production, processing, and packaging taking place in one facility, here in the USA, we have unprecedented control and oversight of the quality and integrity of our input ingredients and final product. This allows us to create mediums consistent enough that people can build entire feeding and cultivation programs around, and diverse enough to fit into most any established program, while providing equal or superior results. Royal Gold chooses the highest quality input ingredients available and seeks out sustainable alternatives to traditional products. Diverting forest products from a wood fired power plant, and sourcing ingredients that are waste products from existing industry, without compromising our quality standards, are just a few of many ways we look to minimize our environmental footprint. As the Home gardening industry and industrial hydroponic and organic cultivation industries continue to grow and diversify, Royal Gold continues to innovate and create new products and ways to help gardeners succeed.

Potting Soil; Coco vs. Traditional Bagged Soils/Mediums

There are several reasons why we feel gardening in Coco is much better than gardening in peat moss based soils; First, and foremost, concern for the environment. There is rabid debate about the sustainability of peat mining, because it takes hundreds of years to form and accumulates at only about 1mm per year. Peat bogs also contain huge amounts of carbon- up to twice as much as the forests do worldwide. Once the peat bogs are dried out, the carbon is released into the atmosphere presumably contributing to climate change. Another issue with using peat moss as a growing medium is hydrophobia. Peat literally repels water after it has been dried, making it very difficult to properly rewet. So peat based soils tend to shrink up inside the pot, pulling the soil away from the sides and potentially damaging delicate roots. (Not ideal!) Perhaps the most well known issue gardeners have with peat moss mediums, is the pH.
Coconut Coir Fiber is the natural byproduct of the existing food and fiber industry of a renewable resource. Besides, coconuts fall to the ground every day! Coco coir also lasts longer and can be used up to five times in container gardens, saving you time and money. When you are finished with the coir, simply mix into your compost pile, outdoor garden or yard. When coco becomes dry, it doesn’t shrink inside the pot and is easily rewet.

SOILS

Mendo Mix

Mendo Mix, by Royal Gold, is the king of all coco soils. As a heavily amended planting style mix, Mendo Mix is ideal for outdoor gardening in hot climates and bed style gardens. It also works wonders in traditional container style gardens, indoors or in greenhouses, especially for fast-growing annuals. Featuring a complex blend of high-grade dry amendments, along with strong water holding capacities properly balanced with air holding capacities, Mendo Mix allows gardeners to begin feeding after about four weeks of growth. This allows gardeners the ability to adjust their nutrient profile and feeding regimen, according to their crops specific needs, at the proper time. See for yourself why Mendo Mix rules in the emerald triangle!

Coco Fiber

Royal Gold Coco Fiber is your choice for premium, clean, quality and consistent coconut fiber growing medium. Our loose coco is ready to use straight out of the bag as a stand-alone medium, soil conditioner, or a base for your own personal creation. Royal Gold imports the finest coco available and takes extreme care in meticulously rinsing and buffering all of our Coco fiber, at our own facility. Each batch is analyzed for nutrient and salt content, by an independent lab. This gives far greater quality control and consistency in our end product.

NOTE* Royal Gold Loose Coco contains a light Calcium charge as a result of our buffering process, and will generally show ppm readings in the range of 700-900 ppm. This is a result of our calcium buffer, not excess levels of sodium chloride! Ppm readings indicate only how many parts per million of dissolved solids are present in your liquid (runoff, fertilizer, etc.) and do not distinguish between NaCl (Sodium Chloride) and other nutrients. (We encourage everyone to ask; What’s in your ppm?)*

Kings Mix

Kings Mix, by Royal Gold, is your plant in bag solution for light deprivation, greenhouse, indoor, and outdoor gardens of any type. Born out of a need for simplicity in application and functionality. Kings Mix is a well-aerated, moderately amended coco peat blend. As Royal Gold’s first product to include peat moss, this mix will appeal equally to traditional peat gardeners of all styles, the coco curious, as well as die-hard coco fanatics. Featuring coco chips (croutons) to balance aeration with lingering water retention, this mix is intended to dry quickly and accept immediate feeding.

With a light amendment charge including high nitrogen, high phosphorus bat guano, and a mixture of other high-quality dry amendments, Kings Mix has everything you need to sustain your plants for 1-2 weeks. You can also begin a wide range of feeding programs right out of the bag.

Due to the well-aerated nature of the Kings Mix, it’s the perfect medium for slow drying, coastal and high elevation, spring and/or fall plantings or other cool weather applications. With all these properties, the Kings Mix also excels at encouraging root development for the propagation of seeds and starts and is an ideal choice for developing starts into vigorous, bloom ready plants.

Kings Mix is available in newly released 2 cubic foot bags, and also in a 3 cubic foot bag (about 19 gallons) that functions as your grow container. We also offer bulk quantities in 1, 1.5 and 4 yard totes. Royal Gold’s Kings Mix is your choice for premium soil in a fast ready to use format.

Tupur

Royal Gold Tupur, pronounced (two-per), was designed with the idea feeding your plant as much and often as possible. It is a blank slate to create your own high performance feeding regimen. As a coco fiber based soilless medium, it requires high levels of calcium and magnesium to unlock its true potential. With an astounding balance of oxygen and water holding capacities, Tupur can be watered up to 1-6 times a day! This makes it an ideal choice for automated watering systems, especially drip (drain to waste or recirculating), Ebb and Flow. Even deep water culture, and aquaponics thrive in this unique and versatile blend. Yet it still excels in hand watered container gardens, with organic OR conventional feeding programs. This versatility has been key in Tupur quickly becoming a household name for cultivation experts and enthusiasts from coast to coast. Packaged in 2 cubic foot bags, yet priced to compete with 1.5 cubic foot bagged products, Tupur can give you that extra bang for your buck, in more ways than one! Are you getting Tupur?

Basement Mix

Basement Mix by Royal Gold sets the standard for coco fiber based potting mixes. Developed through years of field application and trial and error, Basement Mix allows traditional container style gardeners to get the benefits of coco fiber without completely changing their system. Basement Mix is ready to use, straight from the bag with top quality dry amendments, and features an even balance of water holding and air holding capacities. Basement Mix performs successfully with organic/biological based programs and conventional feeding methods. It's designed to be fed with a complete nutrient program. Whether you water by hand or automate with drip emitters, sprayers or flood systems, Basement Mix will help turn your basement (or any extra space) into the jungle of your dreams!